For me using 800, 1500, 2000, 3000 wet sandpaper, and followed by headlight restoration compound, then lastly followed by swirl remover polish. Took out deep gouges while removing virtually all swirls. Not 100% perfect but I'd give it a solid 95 to 98%

You could use some painter's tape around the bezel to make sure none of the sandpaper hits it. Also, you can use toothpaste at the very end for the final buffing.

Great video! Nothing says class like having Uranus wrapped around your wrist.

I had no idea how to do this. Thanks for the information. The watch looks so much better.

That's a great find and a fine demonstration.

I have that exact stereo, mine has the record player on top, and record holder at bottom. The “eye” still works ! Can hear from France and other places around the world.

i always like your videos and adventures. just happened to search polishing acrylic watch crystals and your video popped up.

Use a women's nail polish kit with the four sided sponge with different grit abrasive surfaces, that brings them up great.

Genius ..i surely thought you ruined it...what a way to spiffy up a watch.. So flippn cool..thanks alex!

Ive done the same on an old casio watch and looked good as I also used a heat gun on th case which removed all the deep grooves

There is a compound named Polywatch, it is the easiest way to restore acrylic crystals!

Beautiful little watch. Good job . I have a Bulova automatic from 1950 that has a few very little scratches . They are so small I think I will just leave them alone .

I do a 3 step (800, 1500 & 3000 grits) on acrylic crystals but I do wet sand. I use cerium oxide mix (a lot like tooth paste but not as thick) on the final polish along with a 3000 grit. I also use a dremel at low rpm (final polish) with a light touch (too aggressive and you can burn the acrylic) and get "like new" results. Never though of using brasso..

Similar technique works on faded car headlights. 👍

Poly watch or cerium oxide will give you a vastly better outcome. I use my Dremel and buffing pads on my pocket watch crystals and it works awesome. Cheers

If you want to keep an old band rather than replacing it, you can clean all the human goo out of the links by putting the band (after detaching from the watch face, of course) into a jewelers sonicator. The sound waves get in between way better than Q-tips, toothpicks or a toothbrush. I just use a tiny bit of Dawn dish detergent in the first go around, then several more plain water rinses. Just keep going until the water stays clean. This works really well on dirty rings too...just be careful if you have any loose stones.

we can almost hear you with all the back ground noise

That is one beautiful watch! Great video, learned a lot from comments too. I'm surprised you did not remove the watch crystal. There is a crystal lift tool kit to do this for $16 on Amazon from FindingKing (with the best reviews and cheapest price). I plan to get this. Works well for plastic/ acrylic crystals. I'm not impressed with the Brasso buffing on crystal. Its not glossy enough. I would use a small Dremel Rotary tool with some 'Yorkshire Grit' or similar from the Woodworking channels on KZfaq. Woodworkers often use acrylic or epoxy in wood pieces for lathe work, then polish it to a high shine. This same fine grit would work on watch crystals, and car headlamps with a bench grinder or Rotary tool and buffing wheel. Maybe as someone suggested, use Polywatch tube $8 does 10 watch crystals. But the Yorkshire grits (UK) or similar in US, costs much less per watch. I would also buff up the strap a bit using a wheel buffing maybe? Is there any sort of gold paint you could use on the windup dial head?

There is a brand called Novus plastic polish, 3 stage kit and it works amazing. Give it a shot, I've used it over 25 years and its my go to always.

Looks very good. Love the brown bang

That watch is beautiful

Nice piece and nice work.

That’s wet sandpaper. It works much better wet.

You can buy something called Polywatch. It's specifically designed to remove scratches from acrylic watch crystals, heard it's good, never used it myself.

So funny I looked up how to polish watch crystal and your video popped up I said hey I know the one I'm clicking on.

I learned something new today, thank you.

Tape to protect gold. It's a pain to apply but worth it.

Wow, Uranus looks real good! Sorry, I couldn't help myself. LOL.

I used toothpaste on car headlights. Surprised my boyfriend! They came out perfect. The watch looks great too

I clean the watch metal bracelets by soaking them in kerosene...….removes all the skin oils then wash in warm soapy water afterwards. Walt in Miami

Leather strap my Favorite, but leather collects odor and you can't wash leather often it will rot better if you use a thick nylon or hard aluminum strap

That was so great i really enjoyed it im going to restore an old watch, Thanks ! :)

gorgeous timepiece.....

Polishing Uranus... With sandpaper. Oh my dirty twisted mind...

Brasso polished my Spaceview crystal so it looks like new.

Might need a little bit of movement service. The stopwatch feature jumps a bit.

Beautiful watch! ❤

Good job

Use Polywatch. It costs less than the Brasso and is made for the job.

Thanks for showing us I just scratched my Casio forester

Good job on the watch

awesome watch !

The wish of my life that I have an hour old and authentic in my country there is no sad

Awsome, thanks.

Cerium oxide is wat i use for my old watches but i guess wat u used works looks like it turned out ok,,i would put a speidel band on it!

Beautiful..and a lot of effort. By the way, how much did you end up spending on that watch?

very usefull tutorial thanks a lot

I like your radio in the background, what make and year? Thank you very much for the video. Brasso still available!? Great work!.

With all that work, I bet uranus (watch) never looked so good.

Nice job.

cool watch man , I want one :) ! , thx for video

I want this watch

Why would you skip the polishing part?

Thanks for the info. Love the music.

Super super Sir Nice video

Hi there. Thank you for the nice video. How easy is it to polish the scratches on a plexiglass crystal without affecting the domed appearance on the watch? Thanks

uranus, had to say it :P it looked like pooh before. but serious.. that is a nice watch good job

I'm going to do this for an old '55 Caravelle wish me luck

Good Video but music is too loud

Thanks!

Putz esse é bonito um clássico , sou doido para ter um assim

B4autiful watch I want it !

Toothpaste works too

Que marca es el reloj?

Is that a Uranus watch ?

When you went over the case with the toothbrush at 2:08, did you have any sort of cleaning solution on it? Or was that just a dry toothbrush? Thanks. -Joe

Would this work on acrylic glasses?

No, no, no, NO. Just use Polywatch on that crystal!

How much is this watch? I would like to own it but I can't get it from my country

Thx dude

What kind of watch is that.

Hmm I’ve found this has left my watch looking hazy/matted. Luckily practiced on a watch I don’t care for :P

How hard is it to get new glass .? I have a 50s Sarcar watch , crack in the acrylic

Sir, why did you not just change the glass with a new one?

how long will this polish last?

Wish I could hear you clearly.

👍👍👍👍👍

Well...with a little work and a few $ that is a $500 watch all day long...ya should brought it to a watch maker to service it properly

People, if you're going to do that , first put some duck-tape on the metal parts

Dry sanding? Isnt that too aggressive.

LINDO RELÓGIO , BRASIL OK.

Use cigarettes ash.

Wrong strap width

Como eu faço pra importar um relogio desse meu amigo

I come in comments actually cuz if uranus spelled split and mind of dirty shown.

turn the music off

Background noise...

Wrong size strap. To big.

Yo no me atreveria a lijar mi omega...............

Utile

the crystal is DULL

Russian made at Christopol factory

ÓTIMO TRABALHO

"All those major scratches are now gone..." Not true. What you have done is essentially replace a few large scratches with thousands of little tiny ones.

Sandpaper without even thinking about protecting the case? Seriously? Why don't you grab an angle grinder?

I collect and restore fine mechanical pocket watches. I enjoy watching videos such as what you have here. BUT. Have you ANY idea how "distracting" that redundant miscellaneous background music is???? Why does anyone out there believe something like that strengthens their presentation? I can assure you it does not.

Good job